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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Really? There's no admin interface (normally web based) that allows you to set a couple of static IP addresses?

Usually you don't need to do something like that. At least on my network I never did, I just used netconfig (or editing /etc/conf.d/net on Gentoo) and it worked without a problem. But that is possibly dependent on the router.

Usually you don't need to do something like that. At least on my network I never did, I just used netconfig (or editing /etc/conf.d/net on Gentoo) and it worked without a problem. But that is possibly dependent on the router.

Normally you do have to tell the router to not hand out your static IP to someone else.

@Richard Cranium
Thanks for the link much better than the pamphlet that came with the router. I do have access to the router, but I haven't been able to set things up yet, perhaps the manual will help (I hear cries of RTFM resound widely across the internet).

@TobiSGD & Richard Cranium
Could it have something to do with the Belkin Wireless router being set up as a wireless access point that is causing the problem with it not connecting through to the internet when I set a static IP in rc.inet1.conf

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I have a broadband router set up a wireless access point. Could I use this? If so, how?

samac

Easy. A Wireless Access Point behaves as if it were a NIC so only requires DHCP setup to talk to your ISPs modem and static addy to talk with your wired NIC.

Back in the day when wireless drivers were rare (and troublesome) on Linux and nearly non-existent on OS/2 and BeOS I circumvented the problem by using a wired NIC supported sweetly in each, and connected wirelessly through a cheap little portable WAP. Worked great for years until I just decided wired was better in too many ways.

@TobiSGD & Richard Cranium
Could it have something to do with the Belkin Wireless router being set up as a wireless access point that is causing the problem with it not connecting through to the internet when I set a static IP in rc.inet1.conf

I had to change the usage of the Belkin from a wireless access point back to a router, then I had reset it and set it back up. Then after running netconfig and restarting the network. I have internet and also a machine that boots in about 19-20 seconds after the lilo prompt.